UK

Reform UK has made its first gain of the night with former Tory MP Lee Anderson winning in Ashfield. 

Reform UK has made its first gain of the night with former Tory MP Lee Anderson winning in Ashfield. 

Labour have secured their first win of the night, with shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson holding on to Houghton and Sunderland South. 

Former cabinet minister Sir Robert Buckland has lost his seat as Labour made its first gain of the night. 

Former cabinet minister Sir Robert Buckland has lost his seat as Labour made its first gain of the night. 

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has handed peerages to former prime minister Theresa May and Sir Graham Brady, the former chairman of the influential Conservative backbench 1922 committee. 

It's not just voters who headed to the polls for the general election – plenty of loyal, furry friends have joined their humans for the walk to the ballot box. 

Three people have been stabbed in two incidents within six minutes of each other in west London, with a suspect still on the run. 

A volunteer search party has pulled out of the hunt for Jay Slater, insisting they have not seen a penny of the money raised to help find the missing teenager. 

A 13-year-old girl has been missing since Monday, with police calling on the public's help to find her.